Labyrinth of Passion

Labyrinth of Passion is a 1982 film written and directed by Pedro Almodovar, starring Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Line and Marta Fernandez Muro. It was nominated for 2 Fotogramas de Plata. The film tells a comedy story about an extraordinary group, including a nymphomaniac and a a gay Islamic terrorist in underground Madrid.

A group of four of the most unusual roam the underground punk Madrid. Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner) are after Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran). He goes undercover, and joins the group, where he falls in love with Sexilia.

• Cecilia Roth as Sexilia

• Imanol Arias as Riza Niro

• Helga Line as Toraya

• Marta Fernandez Muro as Queti

• Fernando Vivanco as Doctor

• Ofelia Angelica as Susana

• Angel Alcazar as Eusebio

• Concha Gregori as Angustias

• Cristina Sanchez Pascual as Eusebio's girlfriend

• Fabio McNamara as Fabio

• Antonio Banderas as Sadec

"Almodovar (who has a cameo as a leather-jacketed transvestite rock singer) has already learned (somewhat) how to pull off such a difficult act, by treating the potentially offensive with such cartoonish abandon that it becomes ridiculous to take offense."—Desson Thomson, "Washington Post"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/labyrinthofpassionnrhowe_a0b265.htm

"This is a home movie for the Movida set, a glamorous clash of frocks and jocks (and jocks in frocks) in a Madrid peopled by drug-takers, pop stars, wannabes, terrorists and sex maniacs. "—Geoff Andrew, "Time Out"http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/79984/labyrinth_of_passion.html